Farm news and notes

State milk production up

MADISON - Milk production rose more than three percent in July, which is good news for Wisconsin's dairy farmers. The latest federal statistics say the state produced 2.3 billion pounds of milk in July. That a three percent increase in production from a year ago. National production rose just one percent, to 15.7 billion pounds. Wisconsin remains the No. 2 milk-producing state, well behind California which produced nearly 3.4 billion pounds of milk in July. Wisconsin and California combine to produce more than one-third of the nation's milk.

FDL Farm Bureau to hold annual meeting

The Fond du Lac County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept.16 at the Holiday Inn in Fond du Lac. The purpose of the meeting is to help create policy resolutions and vote in elections for county board directors. Members will also select Fond du Lac County's voting delegates for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells, Dec. 7-9. For more information, call Becky Hibicki at (866) 355-2029.

Agronomy Field Day set

LAMARTINE - Corn hybrid and soybean variety performance trials, herbicide field plots, a soil pit and three educational sessions will highlight this year's annual Agronomy Field Day. The educational event is set for 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, on the Ed Montsma farm near the Highway 151 and County Trunk TC intersection near Lamartine.

Educational sessions will be conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension specialists and local agribusiness representatives will include presentations on weed management, soil quality, corn/soybean management along with a commodity marketing outlook by Bryan Doherty, senior marketing analyst for Stewart-Peterson. The first sessions are set to begin at 10:45 a.m. with the final session at 1:30 p.m. For more details, visit www.uwex.edu. The event is co-sponsored by U.W. Extension and AgriPartners Coop.

Corn maze mirrors Badger coach

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin's new head football coach should have no problem realizing he is now in America's Dairyland. Dane County Farm Bureau member Schuster's Playtime Farm in rural Deerfield has sent a photo to the school of its corn maze, which shows the face of Gary Andersen and a football with the Wisconsin W insignia. The picture went viral on the Internet after the team posted it on its Twitter account. Andersen is entering his first year as the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers, taking over a team that has won three straight Big Ten Championships and made three consecutive Rose Bowl appearances.